Augustus Pugin aka "God's Own Architect" Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852) is arguably the greatest British architect, designer and writer of the nineteenth century. Pugin was responsible for …More
Augustus Pugin aka "God's Own Architect"
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)
is arguably the greatest British architect, designer and writer of the nineteenth century. Pugin was responsible for an enormous quantity of buildings, and also for countless beautiful designs for tiles, metalwork, furniture, wallpaper, stained glass and ceramics. He is important because through his buildings, designs, and his forceful and witty writings, such as Contrasts (1836) and the True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture (1841), he made people think in a new way about what architecture was.
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852)
is arguably the greatest British architect, designer and writer of the nineteenth century. Pugin was responsible for an enormous quantity of buildings, and also for countless beautiful designs for tiles, metalwork, furniture, wallpaper, stained glass and ceramics. He is important because through his buildings, designs, and his forceful and witty writings, such as Contrasts (1836) and the True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture (1841), he made people think in a new way about what architecture was.